4.+Copyright+and+the+Law

**__COPYRIGHT AND THE LAW__**
__List THREE ways of committing a crime under Australia's //Copyright Act//.__ - owning a device used for making infringed copies of multimedia - distributing unauthorized copies of works - record a performance to be seen or heard in public during during the 20 year protection period without authorization

__Explain why shareware is cheaper than commercial software packages__ Shareware is cheaper than commercial software packages because it is not neccesarily made by a big orginization and does not make large profits out of it. This is because the creators usually make the software (eg. v​ideo converters) for fun and it doesn't have a large support staff to support it and the cost of production is smaller.

__Describe the technology developed by one Australian company to reduce software piracy.__ DRM (Data Rights Management) is a piece of software that controls the access to copyrighted material. It is used by embedding the code into a piece of multimedia.It was developed to try and reduce the number of people who commit piracy. DRM prevents the copying of files and put a limit to the amount of devices that the media can be viewed. __Why is copyright a major problem to multimedia publishers?__ Copyright is a problem to multimedia publishers because loss revenue-cost production very high to produce cost varies from music to film

__Do you think it is right to copy software without the permission of the author? Justify your answer.__ I think that it is not right to copy software without permission because the creator spent a lot of time and effort into creating the software. They should be able to recieve the credit and money they deserve.

__What are the legal issues surrounding software and the internet? In particular, look at sites from which software may be downloaded eg. and list the types of software available on such sites. Search for the Australian Copyright Council's site and see what you can discover about the rights of software designers when their software is made available on the Internet.__

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